Unum UK is offering free period products across its UK sites from today (5 September) to support staff health and wellbeing. Through a new partnership with the Hey Girls...
Read moreDetailsShine Catering Services has awarded pay rises to all staff as part of its commitment to becoming a UK living wage employer. The family-run company, which is based in...
Read moreDetailsSeven in 10 pension savers have not spoken to a financial adviser about their future retirement plans, according to new research. Canada Life surveyed 2,000 people – including 1,212...
Read moreDetailsAlmost nine in 10 (88%) professionals would be interested in a four-day working week trial, compared to just four in 10 (42%) employers, according to a new study. Research...
Read moreDetailsEDF has introduced a new salary sacrifice scheme for electric vehicles (EVs) for small- and medium-sized (SME) employers. Through the salary sacrifice scheme, EDF’s customers’ employees can save up...
Read moreDetailsScottish Water employees have backed strike action in a row over a new reward system including pay and grading structure. Around 500 frontline staff took part in a consultative...
Read moreDetailsUnum UK is offering staff the chance to request flexible working from their first day of employment. The employee benefits provider launched the policy to support employees’ work–life balance...
Read moreDetailsLidl GB has become joint top-paying UK supermarket, alongside rival Aldi, in terms of wages offered to employees. From today (1 September), the supermarket giant is raising pay for...
Read moreDetailsGreencore employees are set to walk out in a row over “poverty-levels of pay” after the company failed to improve its offer, Unite has announced. More than 500 workers...
Read moreDetailsEqual pay legislation that was scrapped post-Brexit will be reinstated, the UK government has confirmed. The protection means that women will keep the right to the same pay and...
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Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
As the professionals responsible for helping their organisations navigate NI hikes, rising employee stress levels and looming redundancies, the pressure on HR, reward and benefits teams has never been greater.
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